A Cardboard Hitler on British Soil: His Command Performance for Sgt. Pepper

Betcha didn’t know that Adolf Hitler was almost on the cover of The Beatles’ most revered album. That’s right. When art director Robert Fraser and designers Jann Haworth and Sir Peter Blake began working with the band to conceptualize the cover art for “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” they told each Beatle to compile … Read more

Lennonova Zed’ : Where ‘Power to the People’ Took Hold in Prague

Each year on the anniversary of John Lennon’s death, his son Julian thanks his Facebook followers for their heartfelt condolences, and asks them to buck up, remember the good times, and not wallow in sadness. Right on, Jules. Even though I shed a tear each and every December 8th – the date of John’s murder … Read more

Whatever Gets You to the Heights, S’Alright

Imagine there’s no Billboard to measure record sales. No song’s the winner, no song ever fails. Imagine all releases treasured equally…. Imagine the most defining song of John Lennon’s career NOT reaching the number one spot on the Billboard charts when it was released in October 1971. I wonder if you can.  Surprisingly, John’s iconic … Read more